A 29-year-old man will appear in court on Friday morning charged in connection to the murder of Dermot Byrne in Dublin on Sunday.

A man was arrested in the Dublin area and is due to appear at the Criminal Courts of Justice.

He is being detained at Swords Garda station and will be taken from their to the court.

Shawna and Dermot Byrne (Image: Facebook)

Mr Byrne, 56, died after being discovered seriously beaten and stripped of his clothes on North Street in Swords at around 3am on Sunday.

Although conscious when he was discovered, emergency services and paramedics struggled to keep him alive and he died at the scene shortly afterwards.

His distraught daughter Shawna made a heartbreaking plea for information earlier in the week commenting on the “pain and devastation” since the innocent dad-of-three was killed..

She said on Tuesday: “As you all may know my dad Dermot Byrne was brutally killed in the early hours of Sunday morning.

“I cant even begin to describe the pain and devastation that has hit our family.

“And I just want to say thank you so much to everyone for all your kind messages and your help at this tragic time.”

A candlelit vigil was held on Tuesday night at the scene where the tragic killing took place.

Up to a hundred mourners gathered outside Fingal Community College on North Street in Swords last to pay tribute to the slain 56-year-old.

A Garda spokesperson said: “Gardaí investigating the murder of a 56 year old man in Swords in the early hours of the 16th July 2017 have today arrested and charged a 29 year old man in relation to the investigation.

“He is due to appear at Court 4, CCJ tomorrow and is currently detained at Swords Garda station.”